Blocked roads near the border between Serbia and Kosovo, and the Kula crossing is impassable

AUTHOR: M.J.
Roads near the Merdara and Jarinje border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo are blocked.
As announced, blockades will also be held near the Brnjak border crossing, between Serbia and Kosovo, as well as near the Kula crossing, between Kosovo and Montenegro.
Raša Rojević, president of the Association of Citizens of the Kosovo-Mitrovka District, one of the eight associations that organize the blockades, previously told Radio Free Europe (RSE) that it was a "selective blockade", that is, they would release all those with Serbian documents.
The gathered do not allow trucks with Kosovo, nor those with Serbian license plates.
As Rojević added in an interview with RSE, the blockades are "the reciprocity of what Kurti is doing to the Serbs" in Kosovo.
The blockades occurred after the Kosovo authorities on August 30 closed five parallel Serbian institutions in the north of the country - the part where majority Serbs live - which they said were operating under the leadership of Serbia, "violating the constitutionality and laws of the Republic of Kosovo".
At the blockades, among other things, they demand that the municipalities in the north of Kosovo be "liberated", that Serbian documents in Kosovo be valid, that the dinar be returned to use and that KFOR "assume its role in accordance with resolution 1244".
On September 6, Rojević said that the blockades will last until the demands are met and adds that this action is not coordinated with the authorities in Serbia.
The regulation of the Central Bank of Kosovo, which prohibits the use of the Serbian dinar for payment, entered into force on February 1 and foresees the euro as the only currency for payment.
When it comes to the closure of parallel institutions, in Kosovo there are municipalities, companies, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and public universities that are directly financed by the Government of Serbia, and which are located in cities and towns where Serbs live.
According to the laws of Kosovo, these institutions are illegal.
In 2013, in the dialogue for the normalization of relations in Brussels, Kosovo and Serbia reached an agreement on the closure of parallel institutions, but the agreement has not yet been fully implemented.